I have been eating at Magnolia regularly for about a year and although I enjoy the food and the ambience, I have to admit that the service has always been incredibly inconsistent. At times it has been great and the wait staff incredibly fun and attentive (it is at those times that I love this place), while at other times the servers seem incredibly unhappy, rude or just plain incompetent. The last time I was there for a friend's birthday, our server never put in the birthday girl's order, never came back to check on us and the birthday girl herself had to walk back into the kitchen area to inquire about her meal. And of course by the time it came the other 7 people in our party had long since finished their meals. The manager and bus staff tried to pick up the slack but our waitress never could get it together, nor did she seem really interested in doing so. I have had enough of these experiences there now to make me want to skip ever going back.
Pros: Tuna Tartare, Mac and Cheese, burgers
Cons: Price of cocktails, sketchy service
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